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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>January 12, 2006</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Colleague:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>We are pleased to extend an invitation to you to
attend a conference entitled <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Democratizing
the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Middle East</ST1:PLACE>? </span></i>which will be
held at <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME u1:st="on">Tufts</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on">University</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE>
on January 26 and 27, 2006. As you know, this topic is important to an American
understanding of the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Middle East</ST1:PLACE>. The
conference would also help students, faculty, and policy makers put into
perspective current <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on">U.S.</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>
policies that aim to promote “freedom” and “democracy”
in the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Middle East</ST1:PLACE>. This conference is being
sponsored by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts, with
the co-sponsorship of the Fletcher School, the Provost’s Office, the
University College of Citizenship and Public Service, as well as the Kevorkian
Center at New York University, the Kayyami Foundation, the Islamic Legal
Studies Program at Harvard Law School, and the Boston Forum on the Middle East.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The program (see end of message for details) for the
conference will begin in the afternoon on Thursday, January 26, and will
include conference sessions on January 26 and 27. I hope very much that you
will be able to accept this invitation to attend the conference. I speak for
everyone at Tufts when I say that we would be delighted and honored by your
presence.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you are interested in registering for the
conference, please contact the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME u1:st="on">Tufts</ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on">University</ST1:PLACETYPE> <ST1:PLACENAME u1:st="on">Conference</ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE> by Fax at
617-627-3856, or by telephone 617-627-3568, or e-mail to <a
href="mailto:conferences@Tufts.edu">conferences@Tufts.edu</a>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely,<br>
Leila Fawaz<br>
Issam M. Professor of Lebanese and <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Eastern Mediterranean</ST1:PLACE>
Studies<br>
Founding Director, <ST1:PLACENAME u1:st="on">Fares</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on">Center</ST1:PLACETYPE>
for <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Eastern Mediterranean</ST1:PLACE> Studies</span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
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36.0pt'><O:P></O:P><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This conference seeks to make a significant
contribution to an American understanding of the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Middle
East</ST1:PLACE>. The conference also aims at helping students, faculty, and
policymakers put into perspective current <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION u1:st="on">U.S.</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>
policies that aim to promote “freedom” and “democracy”
in the <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Middle East</ST1:PLACE>. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Democratizing the Middle East?</span></font></b><br>
<br>
January 26-27, 2006<br>
<br>
Tufts University<br>
Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts<br>
<br>
A Conference Sponsored by<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean
Studies, Tufts University</span></b><br>
<br>
Cosponsored by<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Fletcher School, Tufts University</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Office of the Provost, Tufts University</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>University College of Citizenship and Public
Service, Tufts University</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Fares Foundation</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law
School</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern
Studies, New York University</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Khayyami Foundation</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Boston Forum on the Middle East</span></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
<O:P></O:P>CONFERENCE SCHEDULE</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><O:P><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'></O:P>Thursday, January 26</span></font><O:P></O:P></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt;text-indent:-108.0pt'><O:P></O:P><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2:30
p.m.
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Registration</span></b><br>
Cabot Intercultural Center</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>3:00 – 3:15
p.m. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Welcome
<br>
<O:P></O:P></span></b>Jamshed Bharucha,<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Provost,
Senior Vice President, and Professor of Psychology, <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME u1:st="on">Tufts</ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on">University</span></font></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fares I. Fares, Trustee, Tufts University; Executive
Committee Member, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts
University; and Chairman of the Board, Wedge Alternatives Ltd.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Leila Fawaz, Founding Director, Fares Center for
Eastern Mediterranean Studies, and Issam M. Fares Professor of
Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><O:P>3:15 – 4:45 p.m. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Keynote Address</span></b><br>
Historical Precedents for Middle East Democracy<br>
Speaker: Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, and Director,
Middle East Institute, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
University <br>
Chair: Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University<br>
<br>
4:45 – 6:30 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Constitutions
and the Law</span></b><br>
Session I <br>
Speakers:<br>
David Kretzmer, Visiting Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School,
and Visiting Scholar, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts
University <br>
Bruce Rutherford, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate University<br>
Said Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, State
University of New York-Stony Brook<br>
Chair: Frank E. Vogel, Director, Islamic Legal Studies Program, and The
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Adjunct Professor of Islamic Legal Studies,
Harvard Law School <br>
<br>
6:30 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Reception</span></b><br>
Cabot Intercultural Center<br>
<br>
<b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>Friday, January 27</span></u></b><br>
<br>
8:30 a.m. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Refreshments and registration</span></b>
Cabot Intercultural Center<br>
<br>
9:00 – 10:45 a.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Elections
and Civil Society </span></b> <br>
Session II <br>
Speakers:<br>
Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and Anthropology,
Boston University<br>
Eva Bellin, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Hunter
College<br>
Mustapha Al-Sayyed, Charles Evan Hughes Professor of Jurisprudence, Department
of Political Science, Colgate University<br>
Taoufik Bakkali, Middle East Partnership Initiative Coordinator, U.S. Agency
for International Development, Morocco<br>
Chair: Malik Mufti, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tufts University<br>
<br>
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Break</span></b><br>
<br>
11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Religion and
Democracy</span></b><br>
Session III <br>
Speakers:<br>
Vali R. Nasr, Professor of Middle East and South Asia Politics, Department of
National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School<br>
Ayman Abdel Nour, Editor, All4Syria, and political analyst<br>
Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science,
Vice Provost for International Affairs, and Director, the International
Institute, University of Michigan<br>
Discussant: The Honorable Barbara Bodine, Senior Fellow and Director, Middle
East Governance Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University<br>
Chair: Farhad Kazemi, Professor of Politics and Middle Eastern Studies, and
Director, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University<br>
<br>
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Break</span></b><br>
<br>
2:15 – 4:00 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Women
and Democracy</span></b><br>
Session IV <br>
Speakers:<br>
Jenny White, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Boston University<br>
Andrea Rugh, Adjunct Scholar, Public Policy Center, Middle East Institute<br>
Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights,
Development and Peace<br>
Discussant: Diane Singerman, Associate Professor, Department of Government,
School of Public Affairs, American University<br>
Chair: Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, The
Fletcher School, Tufts University<br>
<br>
4:15 – 6:00 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>American
Interests and Middle East Democracy</span></b><br>
Session V <br>
Speakers:<br>
F. Gregory Gause, III, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director,
Middle East Studies Program, University of Vermont <br>
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of
Maryland (College Park)<br>
The Honorable William A. Rugh, Associate, Institute for the Study of
Diplomacy, Georgetown University<br>
Discussant: Stephen W. Van Evera, Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology<br>
Chair: Ali Banuazizi, Professor of Psychology, and Co-director, Middle Eastern
and Islamic Studies Program, Boston College<br>
<br>
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Concluding
Remarks</span></b><br>
Speakers: <br>
Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, and
Codirector, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for
Democracy<br>
Rami G. Khouri, Editor-at-large, The Daily Star, Beirut<br>
Chair: Stephen Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts
University<br>
<br>
7:00 – 7:10 p.m. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Closing
Remarks</span></b><br>
Leila Fawaz, Founding Director, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies,
and Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts
University<O:P></O:P> </span></font></p>
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